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Ahmedabad 2008 blasts: 38 convicts awarded death penalty, 11 get life...
This is for the first time that so many convicts have been handed down death sentence by any court at one go. In January 1998, a TADA court in Tamil...
Virginia lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty
State lawmakers have given final approval to a legislation that will end capital punishment in Virginia, a dramatic turnaround for a state that has...
Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty
Joe Biden, the first sitting US president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice...
Man gets double death penalty for rape, murder of 7-year old Dalit...
A young man was on Tuesday awarded double death sentence by a court in the district for the rape and murder of a seven-year old Dalit girl last year...
Biden to work to end executions as government sets 3 more
President-elect Joe Biden is against the death penalty and will work to end its use, his spokesman said Saturday, as the Justice Department scheduled...
Man gets death penalty for rape-murder of toddler
A court here awarded death penalty to a man in connection with the rape and murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2014.
Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape cases
The Bangladesh Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved a legal amendment to elevate the maximum punishment in rape cases to...
Bangladesh weighs death penalty for rapists as protests flare
Protests rocked Bangladesh on Saturday as hundreds of people took to the streets to demand justice after a series of rapes and sexual assaults that...